| Priscosiren | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Dugongidae |
| Genus: | †Priscosiren Velez-Juarbe and Domning, 2014 |
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Priscosiren is an extinct genus ofsirenian mammal which existed in the west Atlantic andPuerto Rico during the lateOligocene (Chattian).[1]
The type locality is theSan Sebastián Limestone of Puerto Rico, with a record also known from theChandler Bridge Formation ofSouth Carolina, USA.[2]
Priscosiren was diagnosed from other "halitheriine" dugongids by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014).[1]
Priscosiren is recovered by Velez-Juarbe and Domning (2014) as sister to theMetaxytherium + Hydrodamalinae and Dugonginae clades.[1]
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